BadReligion:

Pepsidude: It is not actually my birthday today, I just uploaded this incredibly late.

Vidiotdragon: https://49.media.tumblr.com/5f8248c0fcf78e4c87533f11b43cc488/tumblr_nx3t90zNfx1u8z57zo1_500.gif

Vidiotdragon: I cant figure out things.

Tahrey: For make benefit Vidiotdragon:

Tahrey: Also, not quite the ultimate version of this, but it's close. For the sake of not wasting too much of everyone's bandwidth, I'll link it instead of inlining.
I have a...

RoboMapache: Good One

reiler12: can start

D_C_N: Daww

D_C_N: Adorable and sad...

Tahrey: Why does she have a bunch of carrots stuffed down her top? :(

kamperkiller: @Tahrey: Extra Food?

Fralex: @Tahrey: Carrot top!

AMKitsune: I always love seeing when people mix Katia's outfits together and create 'her adventurers robes' (as I've come to calling them). As an outfit, it looks like just the sort of thing an adventure bound mage could be seen wearing in an actual elderscrolls game. Fantastic stuff.

compaqness: Ah, thanks everyone! This is my first time coming to the fanartbooru, so I really appreciate the kind words!

Kewot_Rokar: Reminds me of Dark Souls for some reason.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: cute :3

Tahrey: wait - they made a Dungeons and Dragons beat 'em up?!

(I was thinking more the seminal 1980s point-and-click first-person adventure thing)

Tahrey: heh, first pic I come to when googling for it...



Still, this is a rather more realistic, down to earth take on it rather than an overblown trying-to-be-sexy arcade character ^_^ and maybe not a getup you'd see too often. Did something similar waybackwhen in my schooldays for an art and design project, albeit Roman-based.

Tahrey: (and then whoever made Soul Caliber went and nicked my design using psychic brain powers but shortened the skirt / deepened the neckline / lengthened the hair / lightened the skin to make Sophitita...)

compaqness: @Tahrey Oh man, the Arcade D&D games were always so intense looking! Would love to get to that level of detail those games had going!

I'll admit that I was debating on whether to go with an alluring design vs. equipped adventure gear (of course,right?) but I stuck with the one I was more confident I could do better :p

Tahrey: I kinda prefer it. You can still pull off attractive or even sexy without necessarily having to take the shortcut of baring flesh if you're on your game. (...which then makes any actual striptease all the more suspenseful, as it's not just a case of kicking off a pair of sandals and undoing a single clasp holding a filigree one-piece leotard in place which was leaving very little to the imagination anyway)

And yeah, that artwork (and screen furniture, and background) is kinda "busy" isn't it. Considering it's almost certainly still only 320x200 the level of detail is amazing. Trying to decide whether it's more Genesis or SNES-like is the thing... (In reality, probably actually Neo Geo).

As demonstrated by our resident sprite animators though, it's really not much more than having a decent designer on hand who can come up with the original concept, and a spriter who can translate it well enough to fool the eye whilst it's moving around at speed... and giving them enough time to painstakingly grind their way through the creative process. Probably quite a lot of shortcuts that actually lead to the distinctive look, though...

Pepsidude: Robes 2.0!

unknown_victor: No comment.

ammurin: this picture was taken .5 seconds before her hand was badly burned.

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: well, isn't this just adorable!

Adroma: She wants the cuddles, or the bellyrubs.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: I will give my love both! She needs both...

RoninSmall: @AMKitsune: okey, I go into the shadows until I learn enough

Tahrey: @RoninSmall: Be careful, if this is honestly you drawing without any tuition, then it could become one of those awful cases where formal training destroys the inherent talent :o

If you find it all gets too difficult when people are trying to show you the "right" way to do things, be mindful not to forget your roots and the way you originally did things.

Oh, and remember that kitties actually get quite long and thin when in a bipedal posture ;)

Par examplé:


also:


and of course:


Though occasionally they do slouch instead...


:D

Tahrey: Noting of course that all three of those who are touching the ground are standing plantigrade. It's necessary to spread your weight over a wider area when standing bipedally than when you have four limbs taking the strain instead.

RoninSmall: @Tahrey: ask more simple please. I can't understand, aargh!

RoninSmall: @Tahrey: I can not shake the feeling that you trolling me :|

Tahrey: No! :(

I'm being serious.

I will see what I can do to simplify it.

Geravind: @RoninSmall: Грит, даже с учётом всех ок-советчиков про твоё "неок" творение не сильно отступай от своих исконных талантов, ибо котэ вполне даже заметно вытянут, когда человекоподобно стоит на задних лапах.
Его довод ИМХО так себе в кхаджиторисовании. Просто иногда сверяй элементарные пропорции: длину рук, ног, хвостика; размер торса, головы -- даже сквозь одежду/броню/др. преграды.

RoninSmall: @Geravind: а он имеет ввиду, что юзая человеческую стопу-юзаю человеческие пропорции? Я на слове "талант" запутался. Единственное что я хорошо делаю-это сижу и ничего не делаю

RoninSmall: @Geravind: о, догнал. Спасибо. Будем-с стараться-с

Tahrey, sorry, problem solved

Tahrey: ...ok? :D

-Uzi_Man-: Try making the mouth and nose smaller, Katia looks rather manly on this one. Just some criticism.

The_Pitiful_Writer: @-Uzi_Man-: Thanks for the tip! I'll keep it in mind next time.

Tahrey: Actually if you erase that mouth, you get possibly the best "nose = anime mouth" effect ever. Especially as there's already an ersatz nose thanks to the tiny bit of bridge shading.

Also I'd say most of the manliness comes from that scraggy little Shaggy-like goatee tuft. Lose that and a lot of the masculinity will go with it.

The_Pitiful_Writer: @Tahrey: You may not compel me to try something like that ever again! I have been burnt by the flame before at this point!

When that is said, might be a point about the scruffy chin.. I anted to try a bit more fluffy.. But I suppose the chin was not the best place to start, seeing as it is often associated with manly beards.. My drawing pen is currently broken, rendering me dreadfully incapacitated as far as drawing goes. However, I shall see if I can upload a more feminine version once I have gotten new nibs.

Tahrey: DO IT FA----- ahem. Sorry. Was off in another world for a moment.

Anyway, try mousing it ^_^

Tahrey: also narrower faces and particularly chins tend to look more femme, though there's a limit to what you can do whilst still remaining true to the character and her race...